Campus life

Long Term Chinese Language Program

1.Orientation

The long-term language program is suitable for students who wish to extend their knowledge in Chinese and improve their Chinese language skill. The classes will place equal importance on listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese in order to equip students with further practical capabilities. A genuine Chinese cultural environment will be created to motivate and enhance their language learning with diverse activities and cultural experience.

2.Main courses& Course features

Main courses:

Introductory Level: The courses include Introductory intensive reading, Introductory speaking, Introductory listening, which are suitable for the students whose mother tongue is not Chinese and have not learnt Chinese at all.

Elementary Level: The courses include Elementary intensive reading, Elementary speaking, Elementary listening, which are suitable for the students whose mother tongue is not Chinese. And students are required to have a Chinese vocabulary over 1000 words or have studied Chinese for half a year.

Intermediate Level: The courses include Intermediate intensive reading, Intermediate speaking, Intermediate listening, which are suitable for the students whose mother tongue is not Chinese. And students are required to have a Chinese vocabulary over 2000 words or have studied Chinese for over one year.

Advanced Level: The courses include Advanced intensive reading, Advanced audio visual-oral course, Advanced reading comprehension, which are suitable for the students whose mother tongue is not Chinese. And students are required to have a Chinese vocabulary over 2500 words or have studied Chinese for over one and half a year.

Course features:

Mixture of International students, which is conducive to multicultural communication

About 15 students one class, teachers can focus on each student, they will get more opportunities to practice.

Placement test at the beginning of each semester is convenient for the students to choose the appropriate learning level.

Cultural experience and language practical activities:

Chinese cultural activities will be held every month each term. These include Chinese paper-cuts, Chinese-knot making, Beijing Opera mask painting, Chinese calligraphy introduction and celebrations of traditional Chinese festivals (rice dumpling making on Dragon Boat Festival, mooncake making on Mid-Autumn Festival, etc.)

More details: The fee for electricity and water belongs to students’ own expense; Beddings have to be prepared by the students themselves. If the standard for the fee of the dormitory has any change, it will be carried out with the new standard.

6.Application Period

Suggested application time:

Spring Semester: December 1st, 2015—March 4th, 2016

Fall Semester: January 1st, 2016—August 31st, 2016

We welcome students to register at any time of the academic year. Except for introductory, every level can be enrolled in immediately.

7. Application Materials

Download and fill in the Application Form for Foreign Students Studying in China

A copy of the Passport (photocopy or scanning copy)

3 ID photos

Size:35 *49mm

Background: blue or white

More: bareheaded photo

Invoice of the application fee

Digital picture: Document name& format: PASSPORT NAME.JPG

Background color: blue or white

Resolution ratio: greater than 300 pixels/inch

Other requirement: bareheaded

Please send it to iec.admissions@shutcm.edu.cn

After receiving the application documents, the university will examine the material and send out Admission Notice and Study Visa Application Form (JW202)

8.Ways for application

Search the website: http://202.120.199.94/onlineapplytest/

Register the account with email address

Fill in the information

Apply for the program

Upload the document(photo-pixel should be more than 300,type for jpg/png/pdf)

Passport(Format:Passport name-Passport)

Certificate for academic degree(Format:Passport name-Certificate)

Transcript(Format:Passport name-Transcript)

Photo(white/blue background) (Format:Passport name-Photo)

Resume(Format:Passport name-CV)

9. Fee

Application fee: 450 RMB

Tuition fee:9000RMB per semester

Purchase fee for textbooks

(Students can purchase textbooks according to their needs)

10. Scholarships

The Language Student Scholarship of Shanghai University of T.C.M.

Students who have finished the language classes for at least one semester and will continue to study for the professional degree of our campus or Chinese Medicine preparatory program are qualified for the application of “Golden Key Scholarship” or “Silk Road” Assistance Fund.

11.Graduation and Certificate

Students can get the Certificate of Completion after they finish the period of curriculum and pass the exam.